Literary Elements

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This quiz involves the 28 most important literary elements.

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1.

The ___________ is the main idea or message of a poem, story, or novel.
2.

The _________ is something that represents something else
3.

The _________ is the growing anticipation the reader feels while awaiting the climax.
4.

The ________ is a figure of speech using like or as.
5.

The _______ is when the narrator is a person in the story
6.

The _________ is the central character in a literary work.
7.

The ________ is when the narrator reveals the thoughts of only one character.
8.

The _____ is when the author gives human characteristics to animals, objects, or forces of nature.
9.

The ________ is when a figure of speech compares two or more things
10.

The _____ is the all knowing of the narrator of a story.
11.

The ___ is when the narrator hints at events that will happen later in the story.
12.

The ___ is a literary device in which an earlier episode, conversation or event is inserted into the story.
13.

The _____ is a conversation between two or more characters.
14.

The ____ is a struggle with an outside force.
15.

The ____ is a struggle within the mind of a character
16.

The _____ is the point of greatest emotional intensity
17.

The _____ is when the author makes direct statements about a character's traits
18.

The ____ is when a character only has only has one characteristic
19.

The ____ is when the author uses actions, words, or other character's words to describe a character.
20.

The ______ is a character that changes through the course of a story.
21.

The ____ shows varied and contradictory traits
22.

The _____ is a character that does not change through the course of a story
23.

The ______ is the mood or emotional quality of work
24.

The _____ is a person or force in society or nature that opposes the protangonist
25.

The ____ is the introduction of characters and initial conflicts
26.

The ____ is the complications, twists, and building intensity.
27.

The ____ is the events that follow the climax
28.

The _____ is the time and place of the story